While it was far from the 'good old days' in which Mercedes dominated entire Grand Prix weekends, Friday practice for the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was a solid showing for the team. Lewis Hamilton was sixth quickest at the end of FP1 albeit a second off the pacesetter Charles Leclerc. But by the end of the second one-hour session, he as up to third place and had reduced the Ferrari's advantage to just two tenths. Hamilton is confident that this isn't a case of another 'false dawn', like that seen in Miami when a sudden surge in form in Friday practice wasn't matched by what Hamilton and his team mate George Russell could achieve in qualifying and race...
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